http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/18/coach-o-the-week-del-crandall/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:05:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/18/coach-o-the-week-del-crandall/#comment-8235 Ben Lukoff Wed, 19 Mar 2008 08:44:30 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/18/coach-o-the-week-del-crandall/#comment-8235 SWEET SWEET

]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/18/coach-o-the-week-del-crandall/#comment-8213 Jonathan S Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:00:45 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/18/coach-o-the-week-del-crandall/#comment-8213 During the early 80s I was a member of the "Junior Mariners." For pennies I was allowed to go to a bunch of games, sit in the bleachers, and meet real actual Mariners for autographs before the game. Ah, that precious Bob Stoddard autograph! I shall cherish it forever! During the early 80s I was a member of the “Junior Mariners.” For pennies I was allowed to go to a bunch of games, sit in the bleachers, and meet real actual Mariners for autographs before the game. Ah, that precious Bob Stoddard autograph! I shall cherish it forever!

]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/18/coach-o-the-week-del-crandall/#comment-8208 Fnarf Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:27:14 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/18/coach-o-the-week-del-crandall/#comment-8208 I'd call BS on you, Jonathan, except that the evidence is pretty strong. That '84 team STUNK. Not as bad as '83, but we were just embarrassingly terrible back then, even with a young Alvin Davis and Mark Langston. For me, '83-'84 is when I first started to notice that there was something DIFFERENT about the M's from other teams. The glow of having an actual major league team had worn off, and we were stuck with a bunch of incompetents who were plainly never going to win ever again. We always seemed to have four or five guys on the field who were contenders for "worst player in the league", and embarrassments like Gorman Thomas were presented as if they were real celebrities. To top it off, I moved to California that year, and the only chance I had to watch the M's was in Oakland, amidst 2,000 people, all of whom were drunk and hostile. I remember one game in '84 where this guy sat behind me (he moved there on purpose in an otherwise empty section) and blew one of those plastic horns directly into my ear the whole game. If I moved, he moved. Ah, baseball. I’d call BS on you, Jonathan, except that the evidence is pretty strong. That ‘84 team STUNK. Not as bad as ‘83, but we were just embarrassingly terrible back then, even with a young Alvin Davis and Mark Langston. For me, ‘83-’84 is when I first started to notice that there was something DIFFERENT about the M’s from other teams. The glow of having an actual major league team had worn off, and we were stuck with a bunch of incompetents who were plainly never going to win ever again. We always seemed to have four or five guys on the field who were contenders for “worst player in the league”, and embarrassments like Gorman Thomas were presented as if they were real celebrities. To top it off, I moved to California that year, and the only chance I had to watch the M’s was in Oakland, amidst 2,000 people, all of whom were drunk and hostile. I remember one game in ‘84 where this guy sat behind me (he moved there on purpose in an otherwise empty section) and blew one of those plastic horns directly into my ear the whole game. If I moved, he moved. Ah, baseball.

]]> http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/18/coach-o-the-week-del-crandall/#comment-8205 Jonathan S Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:51:53 +0000 http://www.vintageseattle.org/2008/03/18/coach-o-the-week-del-crandall/#comment-8205 Of course he didn't last long. No beards = No wins. That's just common sense! Of course he didn’t last long. No beards = No wins. That’s just common sense!

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